Solar Turbines Inc.

Michael Telfer

Rasoul Paydar

Drew Allen Dominique

Michael Andrew Coe

Michael A Lane

Gusheng Hu

Brent Allen Cottom

German Verduzco

Ramarao Venkat Bandaru

James Peffley

Taher Basrai

Jeffrey R Price

Eric Christian Monson

A sealing system for a fuel injector is provided. The fuel injector includes a body defining a plurality of fuel passages. Each of the plurality of fuel passages is defined by a first portion of the body and a second portion of the body. The sealing system includes a sealing structure adapted to be disposed between the first portion and the second portion. The sealing structure extends circumferentially around a central axis of the fuel injector. The sealing structure includes a ring and a plurality of lobes. Each lobe from the plurality of lobes is adapted to accommodate and seal a corresponding fuel passage from the plurality of fuel passages. The sealing system also includes a plurality of mechanical fasteners adapted to couple the first portion with the second portion, and to apply a pressure on the sealing structure to seal the plurality of fuel passages.

Fueling passage array sealing system and method of use

This disclosure provides an air tube for a combustor of a gas turbine engine. The air tube includes an inner tube and an outer tube to deliver discharged compressor air into a combustion chamber of the combustor. The air tube can include struts and fins that can improve the cooling performance of the air tube during operation of the gas turbine engine.

Air tube

A method of measuring creep strain in a gas turbine engine component, where at least a portion of the component has a material disposed thereon, and where the material has a plurality of markings providing a visually distinct pattern. The method may include capturing an image of at least a portion of the markings after an operational period of the gas turbine engine, and determining creep strain information of the component. The creep strain information may be determined by correlating the image captured after the operational period to an image captured before the operational period.

Apparatus and method for optically measuring creep

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Michael Telfer